Well I'm going to the dentist office today to get my teeth cleaned. Now what if that was all we had to do to make what comes out of our mouths cleaner and sweeter? It doesn't work that way though. It begins with our thoughts and then flies thru our open airway to the world.
Tact is the acute sensitivity to what is proper and appropriate in dealing with others, including the ability to speak or act without offending. My friend told me the other day that sometimes my blogs are hard in its subject matter. I said 'well I'm no Joel Olsteen', which means I don't just write what you want to hear. I hope my blogs come across as real and with applicable messages of benefit.
We can all use a little tact and still get our opinions out there. I think grace is key to that. I think if we give grace to others, our words will be more graceful. Yes my mind can be quite the smarty-pants but I have to be smarter than that to not let all that out.. ha.
You made me laugh... Not sure if Joel Olsteen would
ReplyDeletelaugh but I am 100% on your side in this :) Keep the blogs coming - they are fine just as they are.
Your last paragraph says it all pretty clearly. Grace is what gets us through...whether we are on the giving or the receiving end of the conversation. What we want to hear is often VERY different from what we need to hear. And which does us the most good? Many times it is what we need to hear. We should try to say what needs to be said in a kind way...if our heart is in the right place, so will our mouth be. Love you, my friend, and always seem to need just what you share....because I know you have a good heart. T.
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